WAGGA WAGGA SCHOOL OF ARTS
CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT AND ARCHIVAL CHAOS
Charles Sturt University Regional Archives - Summer Research Scholarship 2015
Sarah Rosetta
Contents
Historical Background ......................................................................................................................... 2
Arrangement, Description and Disposal ............................................................................................. 4
Challenges ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Building the Series........................................................................................................................... 5
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 10
References ........................................................................................................................................ 11
1
Historical Background
The Wagga Wagga School of Arts has held a prolific place in the community’s
cultural backdrop for over 150 years. Originally based on the British model of a
Mechanics’ Institute, an ideal that spread rapidly across Australian towns from the
early-mid 1800’s, the Wagga Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre (SoAct) as it
is known today has presented a myriad of artistic productions and has promoted
social, literary and creative enterprise throughout the regional town since its
inception in 1859.
While the initial concept of a Mechanics’ Institute was the diffusion of useful
knowledge among the working-class through educational lectures and classes
instructing practical arts and trade (Inkster, 1976), the School of Arts adopted a more
fragmented approach. Though their model drew upon the common provision of a
library and reading rooms as key amenities, they also offered a range of congenial
services including a billiards room and separate gentlemen’s and ladies’ rooms for
social activity. And though for 40 years after its inauguration the School of Arts
initially occupied a number of temporary premises including the offices of the Wagga
Wagga Express, 1901 was the year that would see educational platforms and
creative prowess take shape in the School of Arts building that still stands, or twothirds of it at least, in Fitzmaurice Street.
Over time the School of Arts began to develop a repertoire of sub-committees and
groups forming the foundations upon which it would flourish. While the movement
towards the creative arts from the early 1900’s negated the traditional Mechanics’
Institute ideals of practical education for the masses, this pragmatic shift brought
about a change that would see the School of Arts endure while many other institutes
were facing closure. The introduction of groups including the School of Arts Players,
Music Club, Recorded Music Society, Writers Group and Folk Club instilled a culture
of artistic inspiration and innovation among local citizens whose common interests
and talents generated a variety of productions, tours and festivals. This would in turn
see industry names such as Baz Luhrmann visit Wagga Wagga to adjudicate the
coveted Drama Festival (RW 3170/233), a School of Arts initiative which operated
under a multitude of names from 1954-1997 and drew in performance groups and
other School of Arts institutes from cities and towns across Australia to participate.
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In addition to the introduction of the Drama Festival, the School of Arts’ major feats
include the continual presentation of performances since 1945, with the countless
success of their productions documented in the historical pages of their archival
collection, but also in its contribution to Wagga Wagga’s cultural platforms as we
know them today. As 1946 brought about the transfer of the School of Arts library
assets to the Wagga Wagga City Council who effectively assumed the role of public
library operations, the finalisation of a major historical agreement between the
School of Arts and the Wagga Wagga City Council came about in 1959. Effectively
contributing to one third of the cost, it was resolved that the Institute would sell their
historical premises and commit the funds from the sale to the construction of the
Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, the cultural hub of the town. Though stormy
negotiations and out-cry are well documented in the collection, it is in the Civic
Theatre’s success and the School of Arts’ permanent home located in the Basement
Theatre of the Civic Theatre that we are able to recognise their ability to adapt and
endure for the good of cultural engagement.
Image courtesy of Wagga Wagga District Historical Society
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Arrangement, Description and Disposal
As a Master of Information Studies student at Charles Sturt University, my own initial
and naïve perception of the archival project before me was that there would be
multiple clues of original order prescribed throughout this large collection. The
original 7 accessions deposited at the CSU Regional Archives (CSURA) together
comprised 64 type 1 archival boxes, 10 photograph folders, 2 oversized object
boxes, 13 oversized volumes and a few large format papers held within a map
drawer. This particular project differed to the initial scope of the Summer Research
Scholarship (SRS) in that I was not to carry out archival practices on an unprocessed
collection but instead amalgamate separate accessions, each processed in varying
measures and each now superseded due to the impending consolidation of the
records. The first week or two involved the gradual removal of box after box from its
allocation among the rows of shelving of the CSURA, placing them into the shelving
of a newly appointed work space and slowly unearthing the contents of each. With
an entire date range spanning from 1904-2010, each subsequent manila folder
began to reveal the true depth of the challenges ahead.
Challenges
Processing records from ensuing administrative eras and varying record-keeping
practices according to secretarial office holders proved to be the key challenge. With
respect to the archival principles of provenance and original order, the first task at
hand was to distinguish whether any evidence of the structured accumulation of
records when they were in active use was present. Examinations revealed varying
degrees of arrangement and chaos, though it was clear that certain series or
categories were emerging but not revealing a definitive original order due to the way
that the records had been deposited. As the principle of original order determines
that it ‘be preserved or reconstructed unless, after examination, the original order is
identified as a totally haphazard accumulation making records irretrievable’ (NAA,
n.d.), in consultation with the Collections Manager it was decided that the
implementation of artificial series was favourable in order to make this collection
usable and meaningful to future researchers and other parties with an interest in the
collection.
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Another challenge was the introduction of new communication technologies
throughout later accessions. As the early years were identifiable in their neatly piled
telegrams, typed correspondence and cursive hand written minute books, the
Institute’s later administrative periods saw the introduction of the electronic
typewriter, fax machine, photocopier and computer. This left processing further
complicated by substantial amounts of duplicate correspondence and fliers, piles of
foolscap and continuous paper, and printed out emails revealing nothing of ongoing
interest to the organisation, i.e. pages of instructions on how to do a bulk mail-out in
Microsoft Outlook. Another trial to note is the innocent neglect in maintaining archival
value including the recycling of records in order to remain resourceful. This is
exemplified through the partial re-purposing of a historical cash book dated from
1928-1944 as a press book containing clippings from later decades glued over the
pages, making it difficult to discern whether this record held more value as a cash
book or press book.
Building the Series
Once all contents had been roughly sorted, colour coded post-it notes were used to
identify ten initial series to build upon: Administrative; Financial; Building; Library;
Bulletins; Correspondence; Productions; Photographs; Press Clippings; and Audiovisual. These were the categories that were easily definable and the first five were
relatively simple in terms of following a plan for arrangement and disposal. Little
bouts of fulfilment would hit as arrangement took shape and puzzles were pieced
together. This includes identifying an almost complete collection of bound financial
statements scattered throughout the collection meaning that the piled majority of
loose balance sheets and profit and loss statements made a rather satisfying trip to
the disposal trolley along with the mass of invoices, tax receipts and deposit/cheque
books. The disposal of these records steered the Financial series into a consolidated
and functional progression of books and folders of significant archival and historical
value.
Contributing to the unexpectedly exciting series in the collection, the documentation
of renovations to the School of Arts building and proposed new premises left an aweinspiring collection of architectural drawings and documentation from locally
celebrated architects S.J. O’Halloran, architect for the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre,
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and Stan Tapscott. Quite literally illustrating the evolution of the 1901 building and
the decisions that saw the movement towards its current less majestic state,
proposed plans for grand renovations including additions to the building and new
theatrettes, to the subdivision and sale of lands paint a historic picture of the
Institute’s penchant for progression, though finances quite often stymied their plans.
These drawings are also depictive of the architectural features that characterise
Wagga Wagga as we still know it today such as the decorative buildings of the
1930’s and 1940’s. Other features of this series include lease agreements and
correspondence with businesses such as Fossey’s and Walter Westbrook Anstice both tenants of the lower level of the School of Arts building, as well as
correspondence relating to the sale of the building and transfer of assets.
School of Arts building as we know it today
Image courtesy of Wagga Wagga District Historical Society
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RW3170/82. Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Theatrette - S.J. O'Halloran. c.1946
RW3170/83. Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Theatrette - S.J. O'Halloran. c.1946
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RW3170/73. Proposed Additions to Building [x 3 Sheets]. 1934
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While the Library, Administrative and Bulletins series were quite easily arranged and
described with minimal disposals made from each, the remaining series involved
many conflicting decisions and interpretations. As the Productions series was further
broken down, sub-series had emerged which posed the question as to whether it
would make sense to define more series in order to increase the research
functionality of the collection. From Productions the following series were created:
•
Productions
•
Players Club
•
Music Club
•
Drama Festival
•
Programmes
In deciding to create further series it was felt that archival principles allowed for a
more purposeful arrangement to the collection as the original order was unidentified.
This in turn allowed for better arrangement, description and disposal of items,
including the removal of duplicate programmes and bulletins as well as ephemeral
items such as ticket stubs, theatre seating layouts and catalogues, all considered to
be disposable under the archival guidelines of Normal Administrative Practice (NAA,
n.d.).
The ongoing reluctance to touch the chaotic masses of general correspondence
throughout the whole project combined with the realistic notion that to organise this
series chronologically would take more time than could possibly be committed,
meant that the piles were roughly sorted as close as possible into decades, loosely
described as correspondence and chronologically given larger date ranges.
Finalising the project was met with the final three series that were initially set aside in
the ‘not sure’ pile. Audio-visual, Photographs and Press Clippings were fortunately
already arranged, described and presented in such a way that my task was reduced
to simply describing and listing them within the finding aid in a logical order and date
range.
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Conclusion
Throughout its 157 year history, The Wagga Wagga School of Arts Community
Theatre has driven the growing community of Wagga Wagga through an evolution of
education, social presence and creative interests. It has recognised and featured in
the town’s cultural engagement activities and has since deposited its records at the
CSU Regional Archives so that researchers can discover and acknowledge the
integral ties between this Institute, the town and community members.
Though the choice of project was one of personal interest in connection with the arts
as well as a small curiosity for finding out why a beautiful building was missing onethird of itself, the venture involved more difficulties and practical archival lessons
than I could ever have initially imagined. While removing all metal such as staples,
binders and folding clips from the pages of records proved part of the battle,
personal conflicts were met when making arrangement and disposal decisions,
ultimately resulting in the need to relinquish organisational and minimalist tendencies
in order to comply with the archival regulations that enforce full and accurate
records. As a result, the collection was reduced to 43 type 1 archival boxes, 13
oversized volumes, 1 oversized object box, 10 photograph folders and 1 map drawer
distributed across 14 series and spanning 9.6 linear metres – still a great
accumulation of records but a necessary amount in order to maintain the integrity of
the collection.
I would like to thank Wayne Doubleday, Jillian Kohlhagen and Paul O’Donnell at the
CSU Regional Archives for their ongoing support and mentorship, as well as the
School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University for their sponsorship.
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References
Inkster, I. (1976). The Social Context of an Educational Movement: A Revisionist Approach to the
English Mechanics' Institutes, 1820-1850. Oxford Review of Education, 2(3), 277–307. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1050481
National Archives of Australia (n.d.). Normal Administrative Practice. Retrieved from
http://www.naa.gov.au/records-management/agency/keep-destroy-transfer/nap/index.aspx
National Archives of Australia (n.d.). Original Order. Retrieved from
http://www2.archivists.org/glossary/terms/o/original-order
Wagga Wagga School of Arts. (1987). Drama Festival Correspondence. Charles Sturt University
Regional Archives. RW 3170/233
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Charles Sturt University Regional Archives
Accession List By Item
Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
Administration
1
1
Wagga Wagga Literary Institute: Minute Book
1914 - 1934
B
2
2
Minute Book
1934 - 1958
B
2
3
Index Book for Minute Book
1934
B
3
4
Minute Book
1958 - 1969
B
3
5
Minute Book
1969 - 1979
B
3
6
Minute Book
1983 - 1987
B
3
7
Minute Book
1994 - 1998
B
4
8
Minute Book
1998 - 2004
B
4
9
Draft Book of Minutes
2000 - 2003
B
4
10
Loose Minutes and Reports [x 2 Folders]
1937 - 2009
B
4
11
Literary and Dramatic Society: Minute Book
1944 - 1946
B
4
12
Artistic Sub Committee Minute Book
2006
B
5
13
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules including Amendments
1926 - 1979
B
5
14
By-Laws
1944
B
5
15
Incorporation
1985 - 1986
B
5
16
Annual Reports
1935 - 2004
B
5
17
AGM Documents
1963 - 2009
B
5
18
Committee Resignations
1987 - 1997
B
5
19
Misc Committee Documents
1975 - 2005
B
5
20
Reports Book
2005 - 2006
B
21
Members Register
1934 - 1936
UV
22
Members Register
1937 - 1939
UV
23
Members Register
1938 - 1939
UV
6
24
Members Register
1941 - 1946
B
6
25
Members Register
1944 - 1947
B
6
26
Members Register
1950 - 1955
B
6
27
Members Register
1958 - 1964
B
6
28
Members Register
n.d.
B
6
29
Membership Applications
1994
B
6
30
Membership Applications
1996
B
6
31
Members Lists
2004 - 2011
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
6
32
Committee Members
2004 - 2008
B
7
33
Insurance and Rates Notices
1936 - 1955
B
7
34
Insurance Documents [x 2 Folders]
1994 - 2007
B
7
35
Grants [x 3 Folders]
1970 - 1986
B
7
36
Grants
1994 - 1999
B
Financial
8
37
Finance Commitee Minute Book
1904 - 1940
B
8
38
Financial Statements [x 87 Folders]
1928 - 2009
B
39
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure [repurposed as Press
Cuttings Book]
1928 - 1944
LV
40
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1937 - 1961
LV
41
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1944 - 1961
UV
9
42
General Ledger
1935 - 1951
B
9
43
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1961 - 1963
B
9
44
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1963 - 1964
B
9
45
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1965 - 1967
B
9
46
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1967 - 1970
B
9
47
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1970 - 1972
B
9
48
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1972 - 1974
B
9
49
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure
1975 - 1979
B
50
Cash Book - Income and Expenditure and 1993 Petty Cash
1992 - 1993
UV
10
51
Accounts Summary Book for General Committee
1937 - 1943
B
10
52
Accounts Summary Book for General Committee
1943 - 1950
B
10
53
Accounts Summary Book for General Committee
1952 - 1963
B
10
54
Accounts Summary Book for General Committee
1963 - 1971
B
10
55
Cash Book - Petty Cash
1940 - 1951
B
10
56
Cash Book - Petty Cash
1951 - 1962
B
10
57
Cash Book - Petty Cash
1963 - 1975
B
11
58
General Account Pass Book - Bank of NSW
1940 - 1942
B
11
59
General Account Pass Book - Bank of NSW
1945 - 1950
B
11
60
General Account Pass Book - Bank of NSW
1950 - 1951
B
11
61
General Account Pass Book - Bank of NSW
1951 - 1952
B
11
62
No. 2 Account Passbook - Bank of NSW
1944 - 1948
B
11
63
Trustees Account Pass Book - Bank of NSW
1935 - 1951
B
11
64
Wages Book
1932 - 1944
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
11
65
Wages Book
1933 - 1970
B
11
66
Postage Book
1951 - 1954
B
11
67
Postage Book
1954 - 1956
B
11
68
Postage Book
1956 - 1958
B
11
69
Postage Book
1960 - 1964
B
11
70
Postage Book
1964 - 1966
B
11
71
Postage Book
1969 - 1972
B
11
72
Postage Book
1973 - 1976
B
Building
73
Proposed Additions to Building [x 3 Sheets]
1934
11
74
Correspondence re Additions and Leases of Building and Property
1934 - 1952
B
11
75
Lease Agreements - School of Arts and Walter Westbrook Anstice
1940 - 1951
B
76
Proposed Alterations and Additions to Building [x 2 Sheets]
1941
MD
77
Proposed Alterations and Additions to Building [x 2 Sheets]
1941
MD
78
Survey Plan of School of Arts Land - Corner of Fitzmaurice and
Johnston Streets [x3 Sheets]
1941
MD
11
79
Specifications for Alterations and Additions to Building - Stan
Tapscott
1941
B
11
80
Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Building - S.J.
O'Halloran
1946
B
11
81
Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Building - S.J.
O'Halloran
1946
B
11
82
Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Theatrette S.J. O'Halloran
c. 1946
B
11
83
Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Theatrette S.J. O'Halloran
c. 1946
B
11
84
Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Storage
Shed - S.J. O'Halloran
1951
B
11
85
Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Storage
Shed - S.J. O'Halloran
1951
B
11
86
Specifications and Conditions of Contract: Proposed Additions to
Buiding - S.J. O'Halloran
1954
B
11
87
Correspondence re Sale of Lands and Purchase of Tarcutta Street
Land
1955 - 1958
B
11
88
Correspondence re Negotiations with Council re Sale and Transfer 1957 - 1963
of Assets
B
11
89
Misc Building Correspondence and Plans
B
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1945 - 1963
MD
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
RW 3170
Box Item Item
No
No
Date
Loc
90
n.d.
MD
Site Plan: Proposed Storage Shed
Library
12
91
Library Committee Minutes Book
1925 - 1941
B
12
92
Library Committee Minutes Book
1944 - 1946
B
12
93
Public Library of NSW - School Library Practice: A Manual
1939
B
12
94
Library By-Laws, Bills and Committee Correspondence
1939 - 1943
B
12
95
Library Proposal
1944
B
12
96
Library Assets Transfer
1944 - 1946
B
12
97
Library Borrowing Register
1951 - 1973
B
Correspondence
13
98
Agreement Copies and Correspondence with WWCC
1958 - 1975
B
13
99
Civic Theatre Historical Documents
1954 - 1962
B
13
100
Revised Agreement for Basement Theatre
1963 - 1964
B
13
101
Agreement Copies and Correspondence with WWCC
1985 - 2009
B
13
102
Correspondence WWCC
1958 - 1962
B
13
103
Correspondence WWCC
1963
B
13
104
Correspondence WWCC
1975 - 1982
B
14
105
Correspondence WWCC
1983
B
14
106
Correspondence WWCC
1984
B
14
107
Correspondence WWCC
1985
B
14
108
Correspondence WWCC
1986
B
14
109
Correspondence WWCC
1987
B
14
110
Correspondence WWCC
1992 - 1997
B
14
111
Correspondence WWCC
2002 - 2008
B
14
112
Correspondence
1937 - 1962
B
15
113
Correspondence: Original Order B-F
1950 - 1960
B
15
114
Correspondence: Original Order G-O
1950 - 1960
B
15
115
Correspondence: Original Order P-R
1950 - 1961
B
15
116
Correspondence: Original Order S-V
1951 - 1962
B
15
117
Correspondence: Original Order W-Z
1950 - 1961
B
15
118
Correspondence
1960 - 1969
B
16
119
Correspondence
1960 - 1973
B
16
120
Correspondence
1961 - 1972
B
16
121
Correspondence
1962 - 1980
B
16
122
Correspondence
1963 - 1977
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
16
123
Correspondence [x 2 Folders]
1964 - 1979
B
17
124
Correspondence
1968 - 1979
B
17
125
Correspondence
1970 - 1979
B
17
126
Correspondence
1972 - 1981
B
17
127
Correspondence
1977 - 1986
B
17
128
Correspondence
1990 - 1999
B
17
129
Correspondence
2000 - 2009
B
18
130
Costume and Scenery Inspirations and Designs [also in OO]
1966 - 1975
B
18
131
Stage Production Design Seminar
1980
B
18
132
Press Releases and Media Correspondence
1983 - 1995
B
18
133
Costume Hire Correspondence
1993 - 1996
B
18
134
Lighting Design Workshop
1996
B
18
135
Workshops Correspondence
2009
B
18
136
Reunion Correspondence
1993
B
18
137
50th Anniversary Correspondence
1994 - 1995
B
18
138
60th Anniversary Correspondence
2005
B
18
139
150 Year Anniversary
2009
B
Players Club
19
140
Players Club: Minute Book
1946 - 1950
B
19
141
Players Club: Minute Book
1951 - 1954
B
19
142
Players Club: Minute Book
1955 - 1968
B
19
143
Players Club: Minute Book
1968 - 1976
B
20
144
Players Club: Minute Book
1977 - 1980
B
20
145
Players Club: Sub-Committee Minute Book
1951 - 1953
B
20
146
Players Club: Annual Reports and Loose Minutes
1948 - 1980
B
20
147
Players Club: By Laws
1978
B
20
148
Players Club: Record of Members for Casting Committee
1946
B
20
149
Players Club: Record of Members for Casting Committee
n.d.
B
20
150
Players Club: Production Income and Expenditure Book
1947 - 1953
B
20
151
Players Club: Production Income and Expenditure Book
1965 - 1974
B
Music Club
21
152
Musical Society: Minute Book
1944 - 1953
B
21
153
Music Club: Minute Book
1950 - 1953
B
21
154
Music Club: Minute Book
1954 - 1962
B
21
155
Music Club: Minute Book
1963 - 1969
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
21
156
Music Club: Minute Book
1969
B
21
157
Federated Music Clubs of Australia: Constitution and Rules
1954
B
21
158
Music Club: Membership Book
1946 - 1951
B
21
159
Music Club: Membership Book
1950 - 1951
B
21
160
Music Club: Membership Book
1956 - 1964
B
21
161
Music Club: Annual Reports [incomplete]
1947 - 1967
B
22
162
Music Club: Correspondence [x 2 Folders]
1950 - 1953
B
22
163
Music Club: Correspondence - Hand Written Letters to Margaret
Pollard
1951 - 1953
B
22
164
Music Club: Correspondence
1954
B
22
165
Music Club: Correspondence
1955
B
22
166
Music Club: Correspondence
1956
B
22
167
Music Club: Correspondence
1957
B
22
168
Music Club: Correspondence
1958
B
22
169
Music Club: Correspondence
1960
B
22
170
Music Club: Correspondence
1961
B
22
171
Music Club: Correspondence
1963 - 1964
B
22
172
Music Club: Correspondence
1965
B
23
173
Music Club: Correspondence
1966
B
23
174
Music Club: Correspondence
1967
B
23
175
Music Club: Correspondence
1968
B
23
176
Music Club: Correspondence
1969
B
23
177
Music Club: Programmes
1954 - 1969
B
23
178
Music Club: Programmes
n.d.
B
23
179
Music Club: External Programmes
n.d.
B
23
180
Music Club: Ephemera
1947 - 1967
B
23
181
Music Club: Press Clippings Book
1950 - 1951
B
23
182
Music Club: Press Clippings Book
1951 - 1953
B
23
183
Music Club: Press Clippings Book
1954 - 1960
B
23
184
Music Club: Press Clippings Book
1960 - 1964
B
23
185
Music Club: Press Clippings Book
1964 - 1967
B
23
186
Music Club: Press Clippings
1967 - 1968
B
Bulletins
24
187
Bulletins [incomplete]
1946 - 1949
B
24
188
Bulletins [incomplete]
1950 - 1959
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
24
189
Bulletins [incomplete]
1960 - 1966
B
24
190
Bulletins [incomplete]
1972 - 1976
B
24
191
Bulletins [incomplete]
1977 - 1979
B
24
192
Bulletins [incomplete]
1980 - 1982
B
25
193
Bulletins [incomplete]
1983 - 1989
B
25
194
Bulletins [incomplete]
1990 - 1999
B
25
195
Bulletins [incomplete]
2000 - 2002
B
25
196
Bulletins [incomplete]
2003 - 2004
B
25
197
Bulletins [incomplete]
2005 - 2007
B
25
198
Bulletins [incomplete]
2008 - 2009
B
Programmes
199
Programmes
1945 - 1966
HV
26
200
Programmes
1950 - 1959
B
26
201
Programmes
1960 - 1969
B
26
202
Programmes
1970 - 1979
B
203
Programmes
1977 - 1989
HV
26
204
Programmes
1980 - 1989
B
26
205
Programmes
1990 - 1999
B
26
206
Programmes
2000 - 2011
B
26
207
Programmes
n.d.
B
26
208
Local Community Theatre Programmes
1965 - 1988
B
26
209
National Theatre Programmes [x 6 Folders]
1951 - 2000
B
54
210
Production Posters [x 69 posters]
1967 - 2009
OO
211
Oliver Production Poster
1975
MD
Drama Festival
27
212
Drama Festival Programmes [incomplete]
1954 - 1959
B
27
213
Drama Festival Programmes [incomplete]
1960 - 1969
B
27
214
Drama Festival Programmes [incomplete]
1970 - 1979
B
27
215
Drama Festival Programmes [incomplete]
1980 - 1989
B
27
216
Drama Festival Programmes [incomplete]
1990 - 1997
B
54
217
Drama Festival Advertising Posters [x 24 posters]
1980 - 1997
OO
27
218
Drama Festival Ephemera
1957 - 1997
B
27
219
Drama Festival Correspondence
1951 - 1956
B
27
220
Drama Festival Correspondence
1957 - 1958
B
27
221
Drama Festival Correspondence
1959 - 1960
B
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Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
27
222
Drama Festival Correspondence
1961
B
27
223
Drama Festival Correspondence
1962
B
27
224
Drama Festival Correspondence
1962 - 1963
B
28
225
Drama Festival Correspondence
1963 - 1964
B
28
226
Drama Festival Entries
1964
B
28
227
Drama Festival Correspondence
1967 - 1972
B
28
228
Drama Festival Correspondence
1970 - 1972
B
28
229
Drama Festival Correspondence
1973 - 1974
B
28
230
Drama Festival Correspondence
1975 - 1979
B
28
231
Drama Festival Correspondence: Silver Jubilee
1979
B
28
232
Drama Festival Correspondence [x 3 Folders]
1980
B
29
233
Drama Festival Correspondence
1982 - 1992
B
29
234
This number was not used
29
235
Drama Festival Correspondence
1993
B
29
236
Drama Festival Correspondence
1994
B
29
237
Drama Festival Correspondence
1995
B
29
238
Drama Festival Correspondence
1996 - 1999
B
29
239
Drama Festival Planning Book
1969
B
Productions
30
240
The Bus Hijack Mystery
n.d.
B
30
241
The Boyd Neel Recital
1947
B
30
242
She Stoops to Conquer
1950
B
30
243
The Bodenweiser Ballet
1951
B
30
244
A Decision for Charlie
1959
B
30
245
Teahouse of the August Moon
1963
B
30
246
Stockade
1972
B
30
247
Camelot
1973
B
30
248
Pantomime
1973
B
30
249
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance
1973
B
30
250
The Tavern
1973
B
30
251
Runaway Steamboat
1974
B
30
252
She Stoops to Conquer
1974
B
30
253
Stop the World
1974
B
30
254
Coarlie Lansdownse Says No
1975
B
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Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
30
255
Oliver
1975
B
30
256
A Street Car Named Desire
1975
B
31
257
Cabaret
1976
B
31
258
Dragon
1976
B
31
259
The Les Darcy Show
1976
B
31
260
Adelphi Players: Golden Pathway
1977
B
31
261
Move Over Mrs Markham
1977
B
31
262
The Sound of Music
1977
B
31
263
Absurd Person Singular and the Gingerbread Lady
1978
B
31
264
As You Like It
1978
B
31
265
The Crucible
1978
B
31
266
Fiddler on the Roof
1978
B
31
267
Love Rides the Rails
1978
B
31
268
Blithe Spirit
1979
B
31
269
Brigadoon
1979
B
31
270
Fearless Fany
1979
B
31
271
Dracula Spectaclua
1979
B
31
272
The Mating Game
1980
B
31
273
Cole
1982
B
31
274
My Fair Lady
1990
B
31
275
Speed the Plow
1990
B
31
276
Boys Own Mcbeth
1992
B
31
277
In Duty Bound
1993
B
31
278
Black Comedy
1994
B
32
279
Steel Magnolias
1994
B
32
280
The King and I
1996
B
32
281
Jesus Christ Superstar
1997
B
32
282
Shorts on the Line
1997
B
32
283
Murder at the Music Hall
1998
B
32
284
Anarchist
1998
B
32
285
Footrot Flats
1999
B
32
286
Kenndy's Children
1999
B
32
287
Rebound
1999
B
32
288
Blabbermouth
1999
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
32
289
Brilliant Lies
2000
B
32
290
No Worries
2002
B
32
291
Rumours
2002
B
32
292
Woman Talk
2002
B
32
293
Dimboola
2003
B
32
294
A View From the Bridge
2004
B
32
295
Beautiful Bodies
2004
B
32
296
Lysistrata
2004
B
32
297
Minties in the Tin
2004
B
33
298
Cruising Close to Crazy
2005
B
33
299
The Peppers
2005
B
33
300
Mother Hicks
2005
B
33
301
Things We Do for Love [x 2 Folders]
2005
B
33
302
Secret Bridesmaids Business
2006
B
33
303
Bench
2006
B
33
304
Months on End
2006
B
33
305
Funny Money [x 2 Folders]
2006
B
34
306
Something Beginning With...
2006
B
34
307
Cowboy Mouth
2007
B
34
308
Out of the Box [x 2 Folders]
2007
B
34
309
As Bees in Honey Drown
2007
B
34
310
Little Mermaid
2007
B
34
311
Bombshells
2007
B
34
312
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [x 3 Folders]
2007
B
35
313
Babe [x 6 Folders]
2008
B
35
314
Babe Production Book
2008
B
36
315
Spike Heels
2008
B
36
316
Immaculate
2008
B
36
317
Abducting Diana
2008
B
36
318
The Importance of Being Earnest [x 3 Folders]
2009
B
37
319
Hansel and Gretel
2009
B
37
320
Hansel and Gretel - Tumbarumba Tour
2009
B
37
321
Love Song
2009
B
37
322
Sweet Charity [x 3 Folders]
2009
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
37
323
Season Directors
2009
B
38
324
RTC Ten x 10 Festival
2005
B
38
325
Ten x 10 Play Festival [x 5 Folders]
2009
B
38
326
Ten x 10 Play Festival
2010
B
39
327
Productions Correspondence
1964 - 1979
B
39
328
Playwrights Competition
1979
B
39
329
Correspondence re One Act Plays
1945 - 1947
B
39
330
One Act Play Scripts
n.d.
B
39
331
Misc Script: The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson
1954
B
39
332
Misc Script: Red Wax by Edward Percy
n.d.
B
39
333
Misc Script: The Butchers Baronet by Nancy Blacklow
n.d.
B
39
334
Misc Script: No Title
n.d.
B
39
335
Misc Script: Mrs Slattesby by Shaun Padragh
n.d.
B
Press Clippings
40
336
Press Clippings
1940 - 1951
B
40
337
Press Clippings
1951 - 1963
B
40
338
Press Clippings
1952
B
54
339
Press Clippings and Photo Album
1951 - 1954
OO
41
340
Press Clippings
1963 - 1968
B
41
341
Press Clippings
1968 - 1974
B
41
342
Press Clippings
1971 - 1972
B
343
Press Clippings
1976 - 1990
HV
344
Press Clippings
1990 - 1993
HV
345
Press Clippings
1993 - 1997
HV
346
Press Clippings
1993 - 1999
HV
347
Loose Press Clippings [x 2 Folders]
1964 - 2008
B
41
Audio Visual
42
348
Seven Little Australians [2 x VHS]
1995
B
42
349
Old Time Music Hall [VHS]
1995
B
42
350
12 Daze of Christmas and the Magic Christmas Tree [x 2 VHS]
1995
B
42
351
12 Daze of Christmas [VHS]
1995
B
42
352
The Magic Christmas Tree [VHS]
1995
B
42
353
Sex and Other Frustrations [VHS]
n.d.
B
42
354
Wagga Soact [CD]
2004
B
42
355
Things We Do for Love [CD]
2005
B
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
42
356
Sylvia [CD]
2005
B
42
357
Out of the Box [CD]
2007
B
42
358
Wagga Soact [CD]
2009
B
42
359
Sweet Charity [CD]
2009
B
42
360
Babe [CD]
2009
B
42
361
Babe [CD]
2009
B
42
362
Babe [CD]
2009
B
42
363
The Importance of Being Earnest [CD]
2009
B
42
364
Hansel and Gretel [CD]
2009
B
42
365
Sweet Charity [CD]
2010
B
42
366
Unknown [CD]
n.d.
B
42
367
Unknown [CD]
n.d.
B
Photographs
54
368
Photo Album: Donated by Clem Wright
1948 - 1952
OO
54
369
Brigadoon [Large Landscape Image]
1980
OO
54
370
SOACT Calendar
2006
OO
43
371
Loose Photographs
n.d.
B
44
372
Quiet Weekend
1940
P
44
373
Arsenic and Old Lace
1947
P
44
374
Hedda Gabler
1948
P
44
375
Rope
1949
P
44
376
Fools Rush In
1950
P
44
377
Castles in the Air
1950
P
44
378
See How they Run
1951
P
44
379
Life With Father
1952
P
44
380
Martin's Nest
1953
P
44
381
Bonaventure
1957
P
44
382
To Kill a Cat
1957
P
44
383
Glass Menagerie
1960
P
44
384
Ring Around the Moon
1961
P
44
385
All My Sons
1961
P
45
386
Teahouse of the August Moon
1963
P
45
387
Anne Godfrey-Smith [Director: Teahouse of the August Moon]
1963
P
45
388
Love Recles the Rails
1963
P
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
45
389
Saloon Bar
1963
P
45
390
Johnny Belinda
1963
P
45
391
Roar Like a Dove
1964
P
45
392
Sleeping Price
1965
P
45
393
Lady Windermere's Fan
1966
P
45
394
Tom Jones
1969
P
46
395
Wagga Wagga City Council Centenary Review [Includes
Photographs of Council and Library]
1970
P
46
396
Barefoot in the Park
1971
P
46
397
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1972
P
46
398
Oliver
1975
P
46
399
Streetcar Named Desire
1976
P
46
400
Ganzada and the Boys
1975 - 1976
P
46
401
The Banner Flyer
1976
P
46
402
Bermondsey and Marble Arch
1976
P
46
403
The Sound of Music
1976
P
46
404
Cabaret
1976
P
46
405
Absurd Person Singular
1978
P
46
406
Fiddler on the Roof
1978
P
46
407
Fun Factory Rehearsal
1979
P
46
408
Brigadoon
1979
P
47
409
Murrumbidgee Mayhem
1979 - 1980
P
47
410
The Mating Game
1980
P
47
411
The Tiger
1980
P
47
412
Irene
1980
P
47
413
Artform Dancers [Riding High and We Sing Your Songs]
1980 - 1982
P
47
414
Guys and Dolls
1981
P
47
415
Mothers and Fathers
1981
P
47
416
No Time for Fig Leaves
1982
P
47
417
A Bird in a Tree
1983
P
48
418
The Buccaneer Show
1983
P
48
419
Butterflies Are Free
1984
P
48
420
The Secret Service Show
1984
P
48
421
The Wiz
1984
P
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Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
48
422
Hope I Die Before I Get Old
1985
P
48
423
Lock Up Your Daughters
1986
P
48
424
Neighbours
1986
P
48
425
Night School
1986
P
48
426
The Owl and the Pussycat Rehearsal
1986
P
48
427
West Side Story
1987
P
48
428
Veronica's Room
1988
P
49
429
Dags
1988
P
49
430
Noises off
1988
P
49
431
Silence
1990
P
49
432
Gorilla
1990
P
49
433
Old Time Music Hall
1991
P
49
434
Aladdin
1995
P
49
435
My Fair Lady
1996
P
49
436
42nd Festival
1998
P
49
437
Footrot Flats
1999
P
49
438
Picasso at the Lapiragile
2001
P
49
439
Two
2001
P
49
440
How High Is Up
2002
P
49
441
Speed the Plow
2003
P
50
442
Duty Bound
n.d.
P
50
443
Sunday Night Theatre Club
n.d.
P
50
444
Munga's Mansion
n.d.
P
50
445
They Came to a City
n.d.
P
50
446
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance
n.d.
P
50
447
Jeanette Gorman as Madame Dubonnet in the Boyfriend
n.d.
P
50
448
Alex Macdonald as Pierre
n.d.
P
50
449
The Tavern
n.d.
P
50
450
Work House Ward
n.d.
P
50
451
Reluctant Debutante
n.d.
P
50
452
I've Been Here Before
n.d.
P
50
453
Happiest Days of Our Lives
n.d.
P
50
454
Billy Starr - Andrea Mcfarland [Walsh] - Colin Halbish - Jean Cloke
[Heenan]
n.d.
P
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
50
455
John Harmen - John O'Grady - Judy Symes
n.d.
P
50
456
Kath Hamilton - Louise Blackett
n.d.
P
50
457
Val Earle - Ian Bell
n.d.
P
50
458
Val Earle - Molloy - Mearle Eyles - Peter Sullivan - Edna Carmody - n.d.
Molly Griffith - David Creaghe - Russell Smith - Ida Buckley - Bill
Starr - Ian Bell
P
50
459
Heather Johnston - Allan Lander - Nin Barry - Kath Smythe - Eric
Quinn - Peter Barton
n.d.
P
50
460
Bart Gannon - Des Fitzgerald
n.d.
P
50
461
An Jones - Betty Herr
n.d.
P
50
462
Margaret Cross - Greg Oakman - Isabelle Angel
n.d.
P
50
463
John Harmer - Bill Starr
n.d.
P
50
464
Ida Buckley
n.d.
P
50
465
Jean Blamey
n.d.
P
50
466
John O'Grady - John Harmer - Shirley White
n.d.
P
50
467
Jean Blamey - Jenkins - David Creaghe
n.d.
P
50
468
Emella Heard - Edna Middenway - Ida Buckley - Darryl Harbaecht
n.d.
P
50
469
Rae Lindner - Peter Barton - Russell Smith
n.d.
P
50
470
Judy Gooden - Jean Clear - Alex Crook - Ida Buckley - Colin
Hallush - Noel Perry - Frank Mallone - Libby Davies - Thea Flynn
n.d.
P
50
471
Elizabeth Davies - Frank Malone
n.d.
P
51
472
Emella Heard - Rae Lindner
n.d.
P
51
473
Alma Fitzimmons
n.d.
P
51
474
Shirley Finch
n.d.
P
51
475
Cathy Hore
n.d.
P
51
476
Kate Christy - Beautiful Bodies
n.d.
P
51
477
Brooke Pearce - Beautiful Bodies
n.d.
P
51
478
Alex Robertson - Beautiful Bodies
n.d.
P
51
479
Denise Pyne - Beautiful Bodies
n.d.
P
51
480
Jessica Ryder - Beautiful Bodies
n.d.
P
51
481
Tracey Lonergan - Beautiful Bodies
n.d.
P
51
482
John Landers
n.d.
P
51
483
John Longmore
n.d.
P
51
484
John Cornish
n.d.
P
51
485
Neville Smith
n.d.
P
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Agency: Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre
Box Item Item
No
No
RW 3170
Date
Loc
51
486
Gill Matthews
n.d.
P
51
487
Ian Jones
n.d.
P
51
488
Rod Lander
n.d.
P
51
489
Rod Lander
n.d.
P
51
490
John Rosengreen
n.d.
P
51
491
Colin Anderson
n.d.
P
51
492
Greg Noakes
n.d.
P
52
493
Reunion
1953
P
52
494
Russ Smith - Smoke Heard
1953
P
52
495
Smythe Festival
1954
P
52
496
Wagga Wagga Folk Club
1958
P
52
497
School of Arts Float in Street Parade
1950's
P
52
498
Civic Theatre
1963
P
52
499
Interior Civic Theatre
1963
P
52
500
Drama Festival
1963
P
52
501
Wollundry Lagoon
n.d.
P
52
502
Old Gas Works
n.d.
P
52
503
Unidentified Negatives
n.d.
P
52
504
Bob Gooden - Dennis Blackett - Louise Blackett - Owen Finch
1960
P
52
505
Can Can Group at the Pavilion
1994
P
52
506
School of Arts Picnic Near Civic Theatre
1977
P
52
507
Tumut Shire Centenary Hockey - SOA Wardrobe
1978
P
52
508
Slides the 20's and All That Jazz
1983
P
52
509
Lyn Hill
n.d.
P
52
510
Shane Hunt as Jane
n.d.
P
52
511
Gwyneth Ansell as Dulcie
n.d.
P
53
512
Ida Buckley
n.d.
P
53
513
Love Rides the Rails
n.d.
P
53
514
Brigadoon
1979
P
53
515
West Side Story - Julie French
1987
P
53
516
My Fair Lady
1996
P
53
517
Unidentified Photographs [x 3]
n.d.
P
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